Whey, condensed, dried, evaporated, and powdered, manufacturing · Wisconsin
Foremost Farms - Sparta
Sparta, WI · ~44 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Foremost Farms - Sparta runs at 107% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Whey, condensed, dried, evaporated, and powdered, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
Foremost Farms - Sparta: 3.5 TCR = 107% of Whey, condensed, dried, evaporated, and powdered, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Foremost Farms - Sparta safety composite
Foremost Farms - Sparta scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 44%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).
47/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.52 per 100 workers
Safer than 48% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.27 per 100 workers
Safer than 44% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 50% of industry peers
Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).
Rising injury rate
Foremost Farms - Sparta: 5.0 → 6.8 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 6.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.64× in 2020
Foremost Farms - Sparta's TCR rose 1.8 from 5.0 in 2017 to 6.8 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 0.64× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311514 · Sparta, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 3.5 · 107% of ind
- DART 2.3 DART
- RANK #22/39
- PHOTO Rich Products Niles
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 6 inj
- SIZE ~44 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Rich Products Niles (0.0 TCR gap)
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Foremost Farms - Sparta in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Rich Products
Rich Products Niles
3.6 TCR
- This site
Foremost Farms - Sparta
3.5 TCR
- Milk Specialti
Milk Specialties Global Mountain Lake
3.5 TCR
- Cosmax NBT USA
Cosmax NBT USA Inc Miller Park
3.5 TCR
- Bruce, WI
Bruce, WI
3.5 TCR
What this shows Foremost Farms - Sparta averages 3.5 TCR (107% of the Whey, condensed, dried, evaporated, and powdered, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Foremost Farms - Sparta TCR series: 2017=5 · 2018=0 · 2019=2.3 · 2020=6.8 · BLS 3.3
Where Foremost Farms - Sparta falls in its industry
185 Whey, condensed, dried, evapor establishmentsSafer than 48% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #22 safest of 39 Whey, condensed, dried, evapor employers in Wisconsin.
Foremost Farms - Sparta has fewer employees than the Whey, condensed, dried, evaporated, and median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 6.8 | 2.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311514 · WI · Sparta
185 Whey, condensed, dried, evaporated, and powdered, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 44 employers in Sparta, WI · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.
| Rel | Establishment | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS-TCR | Rich Products Niles | 3.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Milk Specialties Global Mountain Lake | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Cosmax NBT USA Inc Miller Park | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Bruce, WI | 3.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Crave Brothers Farm | 44 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Holsum Elm Dairy | 44 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Milwaukee South Shore | 44 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | ARC Contracting of Wisconsin Inc | 44 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Sparta Area School District | 587 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Mathews Archery, Inc | 345 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Northern Engraving Corporation | 321 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Plant Four | 307 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Rwks Transit East Side Access | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Meramec Instrument Transformer Co./Hubbell Power Systems | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Overhead Door Corp PA Division | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Yushiro Manufacturing America, Inc | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | First Transit-55616-University of Chicago | 44 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Greensboro Jamestown 8W | 44 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Marietta, OH, USA | 44 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Bike Boat & Ski | 44 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.